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I actually had a chance to give a whirl to the Cream Eagle today, felt really nice and suprisingly light for such a wide deck. The shape feels like it wants to go fast. Been sizing up a bit lately, was on 8.125's and 8.25's for a long while, now on an 8.4, liking the evolution, might give the Cream Eagle a shot at some point.
Try the white eagle. It’s WAY more agile than the cream one, despite being a tad bit wider. @Mbrimson88 back me up on this one?!?
OK, here is my run down on them, also including another one in here too.
8.75 shape, 32.5 long, 14.62 wb, some taper from a big blunt nose down to a more rounded tail
For a board to just want to pick up and have a roll around with, the 8.75 white eagle is the one, especially for an all rounder, that just feels pretty "normal" for a bigger board without feeling too long or too cumbersome. I have quite a few of them set up, mainly with different wheel options, Spitfire F4 Classic Full 99, Radial Full 97, etc just so I can enjoy a lap anywhere if I want to. Although it is bigger in size and weight than my usual 8.38 or 8.5 I can still feel like I can do everything on it, with only a little more effort
8.62 shape, 32.7 or so long, 14.75 wb, no taper, straight rail from front to back, slightly longer more rounded kicks
For a board that does have a longer wheelbase, longer overall and maybe more so a vert or big bowl type board, but not something quite as big as the orange eagle (9 x 33 with 15 wb), then the cream eagle is the preferred option for a lot of those guys as it is a little more agile and still feels like a big board, without so much of the extra heft of the orange eagle. I also enjoyed rolling around on it and could see if I did still skate fast or skate bigger things, it would work very well for me - I am taller so it works well enough in that regard. Just using it on my tiny little mini ramp or round a small (in height) skatepark, it almost seemed too big a few times - I could still skate it, but it was a little more of a reach, if that makes sense, doing a few things on it.
This also translates to the Blue Meanie, which is also a 14.75 wb, but although it says 8.75 in width, it is very minimally 8.75 at the shoulder and tapers down closer to 8.5 for the back half, but when skating it, it would work better on vert, big bowl or for someone who likes a longer wheelbase, is taller, has a wider stance, etc.
I have at least one of all of them, sometimes more than one, just to have different options for trucks, wheels, etc. I am 6'2" or so and don't mind longer boards as I have longer legs, but I also don't end up looking like a five year old on a full size board, even on the orange eagle at 15" wb.
Hope that helps.
* With all the fun (not madness) redrilling wheelbases and messing with baseplates in double drilled options, I often find that bringing in some of the wb on longer boards makes them easier to skate, to a degree, but then it also makes the kicks very light, or way more mellow feeling too, which can be a good or bad thing for some people.
I did bring in the nose on the longer 14.75 wb boards just to see how it skated and it was way easier overall - .25" with the double drilled baseplate, which was funny because I thought I liked them longer, but around 14.5 wb is also just right, when I am not really doing a whole lot, so from that I can also understand how some other boards like the Black Label 14.5 wb options work really well too.
For things like this, there is no definite right or wrong answer, but it really depends on how you skate and how you like your board to feel, longer or shorter, blunt or rounder or even pointy, steeper or more mellow, etc.
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